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Political scientist Dr Anna Bailey explains the futility of trying to analyse politicians’ statements of intent on the Irish border. The EU is compelled to face both ways at the same time on the border issue. Despite the public displays […]

Professor Anthony Coughlan, Associate Professor Emeritus in Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, explains why the Irish backstop is a trap designed to bind the UK to the EU with no means of escape, and what the UK can do […]

The Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign (LESC) has concluded that “a ‘no deal’ Brexit is becoming an increasingly likely prospect”, but a UK-EU free-trade agreement is likely to follow in due course. In its latest bulletin, LESC analyses other possible outcomes – […]

The Prime Minister claimed on 10 December 2018 that she had decided to postpone the Commons vote on her deal because “on the issue of the Northern Ireland backstop, there remains widespread and deep concern”. But it is important to […]

Despite being found in contempt of Parliament, the government has – incredibly – managed to worm its way out of publishing the Attorney General’s full legal advice on Theresa May’s deal. The UK’s history of joining the European project has […]

The government has been ploughing taxpayers’ money into propaganda ads on social media and in newspapers pushing the Withdrawal Agreement. But unsurprisingly, they withhold essential information. In this article, Brian Mooney, Editor of the Resistance newsletter, summarises the main reasons […]

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